ASU wide receiver Jake Smith was looking forward to revitalizing his college football career in his home state after going three years without a single snap due to a series of injuries.
PHOENIX — ASU wide receiver Jake Smith was looking forward to revitalizing his college football career in his home state after going three years without a single snap due to a series of injuries and the COVID-19 pandemic. But Smith will not suit up this season after the NCAA denied eligibility waivers to him and several other players across the country who arrived at their school as a result of a second career transfer.
Jake was required to seek a waiver for eligibility to play this season due to the NCAA Division I Council’s decision to tweak its transfer waiver guidelines in January, a month after Jake made his second transfer. That legislation enacted stricter protocols to grant eligibility waivers for two-time undergraduate transfers, but included an exemption for students who “demonstrated physical injury or illness or mental health condition that necessitated the student’s transfer.
Tina said USC informed Jake at his intake physical that his foot was not properly healed and needed another surgery. He was deemed a medical non-counter and never played a single down for the Trojans. “This is all very well-documented with medical records that that first transfer was rendered completely ineffectual,” Tina said. “Who looks at this fact pattern and thinks that a penalty is appropriate in the form of a third consecutive year out?”
Speaking to The Athletic last week, NCAA President Charlie Baker defended the decision, noting that the rules were adopted by member schools and impact a small group of players.Baker’s remarks did not assuage critics, who saw him as lacking empathy for the athletes affected by the policy. “The NCAA’s decision not only affects his career but also sets a precedent that we believe undermines its commitment to the well-being of student-athletes,” Chaplik said in a press release announcing the letter.
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